“Electric cars comprising 30% of all car sales in the US. NET 2027 — it will take until at least 2027.”
Roboticist; MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics; co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI
Said Jan 1, 2018Deadline Jan 1, 2027Rodney Brooks, "My Dated Predictions," rodneybrooks.com, January 1, 2018; re-affirmed in Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01
The deadline (Jan 1, 2027) has not quite passed, but US EV share was below 8.5% for 2025 with a record 10.5% quarter, and 2026 sales have weakened further — Brooks calls 'NET 2027 a solid prediction… itself probably wildly optimistic.'